INFORMATION FOR
Decolonization Goals Check in: https://wpunj.zoom.us/j/9311934814?omn=98872185425
Teaching in Turbulent Times: https://wpunj.zoom.us/j/96123000587#success
Seeing Our Adult Learners: A Teaching Circle to Share Pedagogical Practices
April 1 | 4:00–5:00 PM (Zoom: https://wpunj.zoom.us/j/98364079570#success)
Cohosted by Adult Learner Strategic CommitteeJoin us for an interactive teaching circle where participants will share insights, successes, and challenges from the classroom. Together, we’ll reflect on strategies that support adult learners and build inclusive learning environments.
Courageous Classrooms: Teaching Social Justice When Politics DividesThursday, April 10 | 12:30–2:00 PM (In-Person – Grant 223)
Cohosted by Professors Wendy Christensen & Danielle WallaceJoin us for an honest, constructive dialogue about navigating political polarization in the classroom. We’ll explore approaches to teaching social justice that are grounded in courage, care, and respect for diverse perspectives.
Teaching in Turbulent Times: Helping Students Navigate News
Thursday, April 24 | 4:00–5:00 PM (Zoom: https://wpunj.zoom.us/j/96123000587)
Cohosted by Professor Nick HirshonIn a fast-moving news cycle, faculty face the challenge of helping students critically engage with overwhelming media coverage. This panel will offer practical strategies for fostering media literacy and thoughtful discussion.
October, 2024
Book Club Part 2, Teaching with AI
In-Person Meeting: Thursday, October 31st, 12:30 - 1:30 PM in Paterson room, Library (213)
Online Session: Monday November 4th, 4:00 PM-5:00 online https://wpunj.zoom.us/j/98364079570
November, 2024
Instructional Strategies to Engage: Low-risk formative assessments, collaborative learning activities & authentic assignments
Online Session: Tuesday, November 12th, 12:30-1:30 online:https://wpunj.zoom.us/j/98364079570
Seeing our Adult Learners: Teaching Circle, November 14th , 5- 6 pm online
https://wpunj.zoom.us/j/98364079570
December, 2024
What Works Conference, December 16th 9am - 4:30pm
Session proposals are to be submitted via THIS LINK by November 4, with decisions anticipated by late November. Submissions should include:
• Session Title
• Name(s), title(s), and email(s) for each presenter
• Presentation style: Lecture, panel, student voice (panel with students), roundtable, or case study analysis
• Session Description (including session goals, 300 words max.)
• Plan for engaging attendees in light of the virtual format
• Panel session length: 25 minutes (mostly for single speakers, case study analysis and round table discussions) or 50 minutes (mostly for multiple speakers).
Criteria for selection include (a) clarity of proposal, (b) likely interest to session attendees, (c) evidence of impact, or prospective impact, on students, (d) potential for attendee application of learning, (e) how well the proposal applies to the conference theme.
Call for proposals due November 4
Location:
Cheng Library Room
120-C
(Inside the IRT Suite)
Fall 2023 Office Hours:
Phone:
973-720-3684
Events in 2020-2021 Academic Year
October 2nd, 2020
Pedagogy Workshop: Making Virtual Teaching More Interactive
October 16th, 2020
Pedagogy Workshop: What Might It Mean to Decolonize Our Curriculum and Teaching?
Co-sponsored with Social Justice Project
October 30th, 2020
Pedagogy Workshop: Bringing a Decolonizing Perspective to Disciplinary Content
November 13th, 2020
Book Discussion: The Missing Course: Everything They Never Taught You About College Teaching
February 19th, 2021
Pedagogy Workshop: Internationalizing College Classrooms through Virtual Exchange
February 26th, 2021
City as Text Workshop
Co-sponsored with University Honors College
March 12th, 2021
Pedagogy Workshop: Encouraging and Using Feedback from Students
April 9th, 2021
CTE Book Discussion on Keeping Us Engaged: Student Perspectives (and Research-Based Strategies) on What Works and Why by Christine Harrington and José Antonio Bowen
Events in 2019-2020 Academic Year
October 3rd, 2019
First and second-year lunch discussion
October 9th, 2019
Pedagogy Workshop: Under-Prepared Students
October 10th, 2019
Colleague Visit: Dr. Brenda Marshall
Events in 2018-2019 Academic Year
September 26th, 2018
October 11th, 2018
Discussion/ Pedagogy Workshop: "Cell Phones in Class" led by Wendy Christensen and Fanny Lauby
October 17th, 2018
Visit a Colleague's Classroom: Dr. Alejandro Anreus
October 25th, 2018
Pedagogy Workshop: Creative Assignments
November 14th, 2018
Book Club Discussion
December 6th, 2018
First and second-year Lunch and Discussion
March 20th, 2019
Visit Your Colleague's Classroom
Pedagogy Workshop: Information Literacy: Teaching Students Beyond Googling
March 26th, 2019
Pedagogy Workshop: How to Create a Democratic and Inclusive Classroom
April 17th, 2019
Book Club Discussion: College in Prison: Reading in an Age of Mass Incarceration
May 1st, 2019
Pedagogy Workshop: Teaching and Learning Inside: College in Prison
Organized by Gennifer Furst, Cynthia Lee-Williams and Colleen Eren and Co-sponsored by Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Events in 2017-2018 Academic Year
October 10, 2017
New Faculty Lunch and Discussion
October 12, 2017
Pedagogy Workshop: "Game Design: From the First Syllabus to Graduation" led by Dr. Tom Heinzen of the Psychology Department.
October 16, 2017
Visit Your Colleague's Class facilitated by Dr. Christian Holle. Class: PSY1100 General Psychology.
October 25, 2017
Book Club Discussion: The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom by Stephen D. Brookfield.
November 29, 2017
Pedagogy Workshop: "Beyond Apps: What Our Students Really Need to Know about Technology?" led by Dr. Gamin Bartle, Director of Instruction & Research Technology.
Co-sponsored by Center for Teaching and Learning with Technology.
Watch Workshop Online Now
December 7, 2017
February 21, 2018
Visit Your Colleague's Classroom Program: POL3250 Constitutional Law, taught by Dr. Michael Principe (Political Science)
February 27, 2018
CTE Pedagogy Workshop and Discussion: Demystifying New Course Development and Proposal Writing
Panelists: Dr. Loretta McLaughlin-Vignier (CoAC), Dr. Cesar Perez (CoB), Dr. Sandra Alon (CoE), Dr. Wendy Christensen (CoHSS), Dr. Racine Emmons Hidelong (CoSH), Dr. Lynn Orr (UCC)
March 22, 2018
CTE Book Discussion
The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux by Cathy N. Davidson (Basic Books, 2017).
Facilitators: Bob Rosen and Keumjae Park
March 28, 2018
Brown Bag Lunch Event
Brown Bag discussion about how gender and race shape expectations and evaluation of faculty.
Teaching Civic Engagement/Area 5 Courses--What Works
Three faculty panelists who teach Civic Engagement courses will discuss their classroom practices and provide resources and models for faculty interested in teaching Area 5 courses.
Panelists: Dr. Jamsheed Akrami (Dept. of Communication), Dr. Kathleen Korgen (Dept. of Sociology), Dr. Sumithra Raghavan (Dept. of Psychology)
Events in 2016-2017 Academic Year
February 28, 2017
Book Discussions Part II: Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia. Muhs et. al. eds.
March 23, 2017 Book Discussions: The Slow Professor: Changing the Culture of Speed in the Academy by Maggie Berg and Barbara Seeber (2016) April 12, 2017 Pedagogy Workshop: What Do Teachers Expect and What Do Students Expect? Panelists: Mark Ellis (Sociology), Klive Oh (Communication) and Kristen Victorino (Communication Disorders and Sciences)? April 25, 2017 New faculty lunch and dialogue (1st and 2nd-year faculty). December 1, 2016 New Faculty Lunch and Dialogue (1st and 2nd-year faculty) November 17, 2016 Book Discussions led by Elena Sabogal (Women's and Genders Studies) onPresumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia. Muhs et. al. eds. October 12, 2016 How to Get Students to Read/Prepare for Class? Panel:Stephen Betts (Marketing and Management), David Gilley (Biology), Elizabeth Victor (Philosophy) October 6, 2016 New faculty Lunch and Dialogue (1st and 2nd year faculty).
Events in 2015-2016 Academic Year
April 28, 2016 1st and 2nd Year Faculty Lunch and Conversation April 14, 2016 Creative Practices for Teaching with Blackboard (Panel: Robert Harris (CTLT); Ellen Pozzi (Educational Leadership&Professional Studies); Chris Weaver (English) April 7, 2016 Women’s and Gender Studies Teaching Circle (Speaker: Dr. Michelle Johnson, the Director of Employment Equity and Diversity and the University’s Title IX Coordinator, will speak about Title IX and its implications for faculty) March 24, 2016 Book Discussion led by Bob Rosen and Keumjae Park (CTE Co-directors) on Discussion as a Way of Teaching by Stephen Brookfield and Stephen Preskil March 3, 2016 Pedagogy Workshop “Get Your Hands Dirty with PBL (Problem-based Learning)!” (Maria Villar (Anthropology)). December 10, 2015 Anthropology Department Pedagogy Workshop (CTE sponsored) December 3, 2015 First- and Second-Year Faculty Lunch and Conversation November 11, 2015 Book Discussion, led by Pixy Ferris (Communication) on Minds Online by Michelle D. Miller. November 5, 2015 2015-2016 Faculty Mentor Orientation October 22, 2015 Book Discussion, led by Bob Rosen and Keumjae Park (CTE Co-directors) on The Joy of Teaching by Peter Filene. October 8, 2015 Pedagogy Workshop: Teaching About "Touchy" Subjects. Panels: David Fuentes (Elementary Education), Tom Gundling (Anthropology), and Elena Sabogal (Women's and Gender Studies) October 1, 2015 New Faculty Lunch/ Discussions September 4, 2015 New Faculty Orientation
Events in 2014-2015 Academic Year
April 23, 2015
First- and Second-Year Faculty Lunch and Conversation
April 14, 2015
Book Discussion, on Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty, by James M. Lang
February 26, 2015
Women’s and Gender Studies Teaching Circle, led by Arlene Holpp Scala
February 17, 2015
Increasing Student Engagement Through the Use of Case Studies Discussion led by Pradeep Patnaik
December 4, 2014
November 20, 2014
Book Discussion, led by Eileen Lubeck and Glen Sherman, on A Faculty Guide to Addressing Disruptive and Dangerous Behavior, by Brian Van Brunt and W. Scott Lewis
October 31, 2014
Pedagogy Workshop for New Faculty
October 28, 2014
Women’s and Gender Studies Teaching Circle, "Social Media for Social Justice," led by Arlene Holpp Scala and Samantha DeMuro
October 16, 2014
Book Discussion, led by Wendy Christensen, on Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, by bell hooks
October 9, 2014
Workshop for Mentors and Mentees
September 30, 2014
September 5, 2014
New Faculty Orientation afternoon session
Events in 2013-2014 Academic Year
April 24, 2014
First- and Second-Year Faculty, and Faculty Mentors, Lunch and Conversation
April 17, 2014
We Call It “Grading,” but What We Really Mean Is Responding to and Evaluating Student Work Discussion led by Pixy Ferris (Communication), Manina Urgolo Huckvale (Special Education & Counseling) and Chris Weaver (English)
March 27, 2014
Book Discussion, led by Terry Finnegan, on Why Teach?: In Defense of a Real Education, by Mark Edmundson
February 27, 2014
February 6, 2014
Book Discussion, led by Tom Fallace, on The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University, by Louis Menand
November 26, 2013
"Looking Back; Looking Forward," Lunch and Conversation with First- and Second-Year Faculty
October 24, 2013
Book Discussion, on Teaching With Fire: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach, by Sam M. Intrator, Megan Scribner, Parker J. Palmer, and Tom Vander Ark
October 10, 2013
New Faculty Orientation (continued)
October 8, 2013
UCC/CTE Workshop: Focus on Information Research Skills
September 10, 12, and 13, 2013
New Faculty Orientation
Events in 2012-2013 Academic Year
April 25, 2013
First- and Second-Year Faculty Lunch and Conversation (continued)
April 9, 2013
Workshop, led by Barbara Andrew and Ben Vilhauer, on Teaching Critical Thinking
March 28, 2013
March 12, 2013
Book Discussion, led by Tom Fallace, on Why Don't Students Like School: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means, by Daniel T. Willingham
December 13, 2012
November 29, 2012
Book Discussion, led by Christine Kelly, on The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr
November 28, 2012
UCC/CTE Workshop: Community Engagement & Civic Engagement
October 18, 2012
Book Discussion, led by Liane Robertson, on Making Their Own Way: Narratives for Transforming Higher Education to Promote Self-Development, by Marcia B. Baxter Magolda
October 9, 2012
UCC/CTE Workshop: Teaching a Writing Intensive Course
October 4, 2012
September 7, 2012
Events in 2011-2012 Academic Year
April 19, 2012
April 12, 2012
Book Discussion, led by Suzanne Bowles, on I'm the Teacher, You're the Student, by Patrick Allitt
March 29, 2012
Workshop, led by Pixy Ferris and Maria Vilar, on Using Group Work Effectively
March 8, 2012
Women’s and Gender Studies Teaching Circle, led by Arlene Holpp Scala (continued)
December 8, 2011
November 18, 2011
Designing Courses for the New UCC: Reconceptualizing Not Just Revising
November 10, 2011
Book Discussion, led by Jacob Felson, on Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, by Richard Arum and Josipa Roska
October 28, 2011
A Practical Discussion About Developing and Teaching Writing Intensive Courses for the University Core Curriculum
October 27, 2011
September 29, 2011
August 25, 2011
